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what dictates the price tag at the pumps - today?
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Supply and demand.(china and domestic overpopulation)
Lack of new refineries. Lack of refineries that can refine the heavy crude. Lack of alternate fuels. Lack of electric cars. Lack of sufficient nuclear plant capacity to reduce dependence on natural gas. Lack of sufficient nuclear plant capacity to power electric cars if we had them. Auto companies that aren't innovatiog or otherwise don't care about gas mileage. I mean, why can't I buy a diesel hybrid that I can run off of vegetable oil? Why no hybrid that can run off ethanol? |
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> wrote in message ... what dictates the price tag at the pumps - today? mho vfe Speculative crude oil futures (prices) as much as anything. |
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Florent Gilles wrote:
> > le 21/04/2006 16:44, : > > > what dictates the price tag at the pumps - today? > > War on Iraq ? Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. etc.... -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world. -- Dave Barry |
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Andrew wrote:
> wrote: > > what dictates the price tag at the pumps - today? > > mho > > China's insatiable demand. China was a net oil exporter until > recently -- now they import alot. > > China is driving up the price of everything that comes out of > the earth -- copper, steel, zinc, oil .... It's not simply that. The Chinese government is also heavily subsidizing the cost of fuel at the pump. They don't want demand to go down as an inherent reaction to high crude oil prices, as they feel this will stunt economic growth. I hear that unleaded goes for well under $2/gallon compared to the typical $3 we're seeing in California. Besides that, they've been willing to pay more than market prices to secure crude oil deliveries. It runs counter to what we might consider reasonable, but they want it that badly. |
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Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
> Florent Gilles wrote: > > > > le 21/04/2006 16:44, : > > > > > what dictates the price tag at the pumps - today? > > > > War on Iraq ? > > Iran. > > Venezuela. > > Nigeria. > > etc.... Generally, political unrest anywhere, that threatens to disrupt supply. Oil is an extremely political commodity, especially considering that much of it comes from regions of the world that are saddled with extremely bad governments. |
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